Two Triterpenyl Fatty Acid Esters from Fagonia cretica as Lipoxygenase Inhibitors.

Two triterpenyl fatty acid esters were isolated from the chloroform soluble fraction of Fagonia cretica and their structures elucidated as 3β-12-ursen-3yl-docosanoate (1) and 3β-12-ursen- 3yl-nonacosanoate (2) by 1D-NMR, 2D-NMR, mass spectrometric and chemical analyses. Both new compounds were also evaluated for their lipoxygenase inhibitory potential using Baicalein as a standard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]